Git flow how to

git-flow-how-to.md

##Steps to use git-flow

First Steps

• Read and understand http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
• Install https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/
• Install https://github.com/bobthecow/git-flow-completion for bash completation
• For windows users https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/Windows

One-time actions

• Fork the repo, and clone it in your computer
• Add remote upstream pointing to the blessed repo

Everyday actions

• Create a branch: https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/#creating-featurereleasehotfixsupport-branches
• Make changes and commit
• publish your branch (optional):
  • push your branch to your fork,
  • make a pull request just to get feedback
  • close the pull request without mergin the changes
• When the branch is ready, finish it and pull request from your develop to the blessed develop branch
• Start over again

Questions?

• RTFM: https://github.com/nvie/gitflow/wiki/FAQ

Repo example

https://github.com/ferlores/gitflow-test/network

Resources

• Maven Plugin: https://github.com/code54/buildversion-plugin
• Jenkins Build Per Branch: http://entagen.github.com/jenkins-build-per-branch/